Northern Lights Seen Glowing Over Earth in Breathtaking Video Shared by NASA Astronaut: Watch

A NASA astronaut shared a uncommon and stunning video of nan northern lights from space.

The footage was shared by Col. Anne McClain, who is onboard nan SpaceX Dragon spacecraft docked astatine nan International Space Station (ISS). She specifically shared her position of nan lights — besides called nan aurora borealis — from nan Cupola, which is nan dome-shaped panoramic power building connected nan station.

“Auroras from abstraction ever tie crewmembers to nan Cupola. I emotion really this 1 illuminated our Dragon, and I besides emotion nan creation of satellites connected nan near successful nan second portion of nan video,” she captioned nan video connected X. 

“It’s absorbing really nan aurora creeps on nan apical of nan ambiance arsenic it comes up complete nan horizon,” she added. “I person added walking to spot auroras from Earth to my bucket list!”

In an X station besides shared connected June 2, NASA astronaut Nichole “Vapor” Ayers, who is besides connected nan ISS, explained that nan “sun has been beautiful progressive complete nan past week, which intends immoderate phenomenal auroras!”

A forecast from nan National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) stated that geomagnetic storms created an accrued chance of seeing nan Northern Lights this past week, per nan BBC.

According to NOAA, a geomagnetic large wind is simply a disturbance of Earth's magnetosphere — a.k.a. nan region astir nan satellite dominated by a magnetic field. The disturbances hap erstwhile location is an speech of power betwixt star upwind and nan “space environment” surrounding Earth.  

NOAA states that while these storms tin create beautiful auroras, ample storms tin disrupt navigation systems and moreover origin harmful currents to Earth’s powerfulness grids — though nan astir caller storms person been excessively mild to do so.

And arsenic to why nan bluish lights emit different colors?

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It's limited connected nan relationship of abstraction particles pinch circumstantial gases successful nan atmosphere, per NASA. Space particles that interact pinch oxygen nutrient greenish aliases reddish light, while nitrogen state produces bluish aliases pinkish hues.

The ray emitted from nan gases tin besides look to blend and mix, creating purple and achromatic light.